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"The Bourgeois Gentleman"

Today marks the Performance Today debut of Houston's River Oaks Chamber Orchestra. Conductor JoAnn Falletta leads them in a recent performance of Richard Strauss' suite, "The Bourgeois Gentleman." Written for a play by Moliere, it's music about a commoner who aspires to join the nobility. Strauss manages to make fun of both along the way.

Episode Playlist

Hour 1

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Overture to "La Clemenza di Tito"
The Lausanne Chamber Orchestra with conductor Yehudi Menuhin

Claude Debussy: "Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum" from "Children's Corner"
Pianist Michel Dalberto
Chopin Manor, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland

Maurice Ravel: "Ondine" from "Gaspard de la Nuit"
L'Octuor de France
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

"The Piano Puzzler": This week's contestant is Pat Girardot from Glenwood Springs, Colorado.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Oboe and Orchestra
Oboist Beat Anderwert with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra and conductor Christian Zacharias
Metropole Hall, Lausanne, Switzerland

Franz Schubert: "Kupelwieser" Waltz
Pianist Michel Dalberto
Chopin Manor, Duszniki Zdroj, Poland

Hour 2

Aaron Copland: Prelude for Piano Trio
Pianist Michael Boriskin, violinist Nicholas Kitchen, and cellist Wilhelmina Smith

Charles Trenet: "April in Paris" and "Street Corner"
Pianist Marc-Andre Hamelin
Grand Theatre, Quebec, Canada

Richard Strauss: "Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme," Op. 60
The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra with conductor JoAnn Falletta
The Church of St. John the Divine, Houston

Aaron Copland: "Simple Gifts" from "Appalachian Spring"
Prairie Winds
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan

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